How much do you tip out servers at a restaraunt?

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This question just makes me think of the intro scene to Reservoir Dogs. =P

15%-20%

Usually it's on the higher end of that unless it was crappy service.
and if it is outstanding service it may be over 20.


In fact once when I was out with my BF we forgot to include the tip. Turned the car around and went back to give the tip because the service had been very good. :-)

I guess it sort of depends on where you live and what waiters are paid - in Canada they have a lower pay rate because they get tips - so of course I tip them 15-20%. I have never not tipped, however, I have left lower tips to really bad waiters.

It depends on the resturant.. casual vs fine dining and expensive.. either way its usually 15% if its ok service... 20% if good.. 25% ish if its great service.. and if we are out for a special occasion at a Super Nice (and expensive) one- it can be about 30%... Some places where we go all the time and we always get good service or when we have our favorite server we tip really really good... ** if we have a coupon or discount we still tip according to what the original bill would be w/o the discount... I feel for the servers since I have been on that side of the table..

Just before I get up to leave I throw a couple of ARCADE TOKENS on the table before I get the hell out.

I'm really confused, so we tip on top of the service charge?

Nothing, unless there is really good reason.

15%-20% is my usual. Although I did once leave £40 when the bill was £28-50. Partially because I didn't have change and partially because the waitress was fantastic. There when we needed her, but unobtrusive when we didn't.

Normally 20%. If the service is exceptional I might leave 25%. If the service is bad I leave 15%. On very rare occasions when the service is horrendous, like really really bad I might leave 10%.

Our staff are on minimum wage and tips on top. Usually waitresses have to share their tips with the cook and bar staff. I always tip well if the staff are nice and loose change if they are grumpy or sloppy. We don't have to tip in the UK if we don't want to.

Me and my bf once tipped 100% one time. Normally we tip 50%ish. Since it's just the two of us out, why not, right?

We went to dinner on my birthday and we were set inside but I wanted to go eat outside, (it was loud and stuffy inside), so we asked to take our stuff out on the patio. We were the only ones out there and we felt kind of bad. After we moved out there, more people wanted to sit out there so I also felt like we created some sort of movement. Haha. But the waitress was nice and brought us drinks when we needed them and everything. She was pretty cool about it. So we threw down all of our leftover cash for her.

if its a restaurant where you tip. give at least 15%. if you have a lot of people, give at least 20%. Even if the messed up.

I went to a diner and my friends tipped 15 dollars. The meal was only 10.